ISLAMABAD, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Monday confirmed death sentences to nine hardcore terrorists after they were found guilty of carrying out terrorist acts, the military said.
The convicts are associated with the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and Lashkar-e-Islam groups. Both groups are accused of attacking the security forces, political leaders, government officials and members of the peace committees.
These convicts were tried by military courts. The army courts were set up after a terrorist attack on an army school in the northwestern city of Peshawar in December 2014 for speedy trials of the terrorism-related accused.
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